An India-Pakistan clash is always a big-ticket game in any ICC tournament and today’s match between the two in the Women’s T20 World Cup is no exception. Despite India’s defeat to New Zealand in their opening game, all tickets have been sold out. A full house should encourage India to make a strong comeback. To stay alive, they are required to win the three remaining games in the Group of Death in which the gun is already on their head.

Disastrous NRR of -2.900

Nobody would have thought that when the arch-rivals meet here under a hot afternoon sun, the team under pressure would be India. That’s because, against all expectations, the Indian women lost their first game by a whopping 58 runs with a disastrous Net Run Rate of -2.900. India have to win their next two matches against sub-continental rivals Pakistan and Sri Lanka by a big margin to improve their NRR before facing Australia in the last league game.